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OpenAI says Apple held the door open.

“Apple asked a U.S. judge for a preliminary injunction to bar OpenAI and two former employees from using its alleged trade secrets, naming 11 more ex-employees; OpenAI called the suit 'careless, aggressive, and oddly personal'”

Apple (filing), OpenAI (response), 4 August 2026

Recorded 7 August 2026. Our ruling means: we tried to break it and could not.

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  1. 1Supports the claimtechcrunch.com ↗

    another former Apple employee took screenshots of confidential Apple documents relating to an unannounced Apple product before an interview at OpenAI

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  2. 2Supports the claim9to5mac.com ↗

    immediately stop OpenAI from using or obtaining any Apple trade secrets, preserve all evidence, let Apple conduct forensic inspections of OpenAI's devices and accounts

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  3. 3Supports the claimclaimsjournal.com ↗

    Apple's request for a preliminary injunction is both based on false information and completely unnecessary because we do not have, nor want, any of their trade secrets

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  4. 4Contextjurist.org ↗

    OpenAI's recruitment process for the two former employees doubled as a way to collect Apple's proprietary information

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